Emilio Picasso

Past research focused on precise measurements in quantum electrodynamics and special relativity. He has been the project leader during the design, construction, and commissioning of the CERN large electron-positron collider. He developed a superconducting r. f. cavity system to accelerate electron-position beams in a collider. He has been interested in understanding the kinetic behavior of the beam relaxation caused by incoherent synchrotron radiation in high energy electron storage rings. He is now developing a tunable electromagnetic detector for gravitational waves using superconductivity r. f. coupled cavities.